Rustler Claims Mine

The Rustler Claims Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Blaine county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,100 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Rustler Claims Mine

State:  Idaho

County:  Blaine

Elevation: 7,100 Feet (2,164 Meters)

Commodity: Lead, Silver

Lat, Long: 43.4317, -114.45030

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Rustler Claims Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Rustler Claims Mine


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Zinc


Location

State: Idaho
County: Blaine
District: Camas District (Hailey Gold Belt)


Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Hailey Trust

Owner Name: Rustler Mining Co.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Sawtooth Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Brecciation, Oxidation


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Torbernite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Siderite


Comments

Comment (Development): SEVERAL CLAIMS

Comment (Workings): SHAFTS AND DRIFTS; WORKINGS WERE BEING PUMPED OUT IN 1955.

Comment (Location): E OF THE HATTIE

Comment (Commodity): FAIR RADIOACTIVITY ESTIMATED, DUMP MAY RUN 0.05 TO 0.1 U3O8. UNDERGROUND NOT EXAMINED.


References

Reference (Deposit): POWERS, H. A., 1955, RUSTLER MINE: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN- FILE REPORT.

Reference (Deposit): WEIS, P. L., AND OTHERS, 1958, RECONNAISSANCE FOR RADIOACTIVE MINERALS IN WASHINGTON, IDAHO, AND WESTERN MONTANA, 1952-1955: USGS BULL. 1074-B, P. 46 P.

Reference (Deposit): 1946 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 76

Reference (Deposit): 1955 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPT.

Reference (Deposit): 1958 RECON P. L. WEIS AND OTHERS, BULL. 1074 - B

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, A. L., AND WAGNER, W. R., 1946, A GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE HAILEY GOLD BELT (CAMAS DISTRICT), BLAINE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 76, 26 P.


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